The Wreck Tiki Bar

The Wreck Tiki Bar sits right on the marina in Hatteras village, at the far southern tip of Hatteras Island where NC-12 runs out and the free ferry to Ocracoke waits. It's a tiki-style bar and restaurant with the casual, salt-worn feel you'd expect this close to the water — the kind of spot where boat crews, anglers coming off a charter, and campers headed for the ferry line all end up on the same open-air deck.

Food, Drinks, and Hours

The menu leans casual bar-and-grill, priced in the moderate ($$) range, with the kind of tropical drink list a tiki bar name implies. It's closed Mondays, and open from late morning through 11 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday — long enough to cover both a lunch stop and an evening drink after a day on the water. Sunday hours are shorter, running 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., so plan around that if you're passing through on a weekend.

Given the marina-front location, it's an easy stop to fold into a day that also includes fishing charters, boat rentals, or catching the ferry to Ocracoke — no far detour required.